In the lead-up to the release of his eight-hour lullaby album,Sleep, the composer creates a playlist of some his favourite music, and from noise-rockers Girl Band to Aphex TwinMusic exists beyond genre labels. I generally follow my enthusiasm when listening,so this choice is a typically mixed bag. A few things in this list, such as Dinu Lipatti playing Bach, and have visited my turntable for years; others,such as Girl Band, are recent additions to my home vinyl collection. I’ve just finished a project concerned with sleep, or perception and dreams,and many of the picks here feel like reveries: the summary melancholy like song by Aphex Twin, or the cavernous spaces of Grouper’s music both seem disembodied in their own way. One of the images that music calls to mind for me is that of the daydream. I believe many of these tracks are like daydreams, and though not all of them are the kind of dreams we might want to have.
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Source: theguardian.com